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When Good is Evil and Evil even worse

The Subtle Knife The Graphic Novel by Philip Pullman

July 18, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

cbr14bingo Snake  Level two Philip Pullman’s The Golden Compass is a dark read and The Subtle Knife is even darker. Therefore, when either is in a graphic novel format, you are not only reading the dark you are seeing the dark. In all its nasty glory. The theme of religion becomes more center stage, and the violence of all worlds comes to a bloody ending (and start and middle) in this adaptation by Stephane Melchior. The Subtle Knife is not an easy read, and the […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Horror, Mystery, Poetry, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: cbr14bingo, family, friendship, His Dark Materials, magic, other worlds & realms, Philip Pullman, Power, Social Themes, Stephane Melchior, Thomas Gilbert

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:381 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Horror, Mystery, Poetry, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: cbr14bingo, family, friendship, His Dark Materials, magic, other worlds & realms, Philip Pullman, Power, Social Themes, Stephane Melchior, Thomas Gilbert ·
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